In re Samuels & Lesser’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 2 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The only question open is whether Valentine was in fact a partner at the time of the petition. Upon that he is not entitled to a jury, as I understand the theory, because although this court administers his estate, it does not declare him a bankrupt, and need not even find him insolvent. His only recourse, if he would escape such administration, is to pay off the firm creditors.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Samuels

2. ““The whole subject of partnership has undoubtedly always been exceedingly confused, simply because our law has failed to recognize that partners are not merely joint debtors. It could be straightened out into great simplicity, and in accordance with business usages and business understanding, if the entity of the firm, though a fiction, were consistently recognized and enforced.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Trappey v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.